A Shichibukai on the Island!
"We are the Engine Pirates!" shouted a group of men that had gathered around the ship. Hiro-Shu peered over the rail and down at them. Besides their large number and many weapons there wasn't anything really intimidating about them. "Some of your crew were making a ruckus down in the shipyard...so, of course, we decided to come down here and show you who are the better pirates!" The men in the front of the group began swinging their swords about in the air.
"I apologize but Mikoto, the kid that ticked you off..." began Hiro-Shu about to tell the large group of pirates that Mikoto wasn't here right now and was off at the bar still, but they interrupted him.
"We don't give a shit about some kid called Mikoto," shouted one of the men as he aimed his gun up and at Hiro-Shu, "a man named Enma came down to the shipyard along with a Fishman and a woman with robotic arms and took down a bounty hunter...now, listen we are all for taking down a bounty hunter...but, you see, we don't really like it when someone else is attracting more attention then us! And you see, that's exactly what that man did...so we came down here to take him down! Understand?"
"Really?" asked Hiro-Shu as he looked back over the rail and at the large group of pirates. He found it hard to believe that Enma caused a ruckus and attracted pirates to the ship while Mikoto, who was at a BAR, has so not sent one pissed off pirate to the ship. "Well...he's not here either." Hiro-Shu could've told them that the woman with the robotic arms was and was down in the ship's bottom fixing it up, but that seemed like it would just cause more trouble.
"Like we care!" shouted the pirates as they charged forward, "wrecking your ship will be just as fair! You won't try to show us up again!" The first pirate leapt up and brought his sword down and upon Hiro-Shu. Hiro-Shu blocked it with ease using his iron covered arm to deflect the downwards slash.
"Fist of Iron! Iguko's Fury!" shouted Hiro-Shu as he brought his iron-coated fist upwards smashing into the pirate's rib forcing him upwards and off of the ship. The man then careened downwards and onto the ground. "I think you guys should stop attacking me and this ship," stated Hiro-Shu calmly as he watched the group of pirates scatter about, several of them racing upwards to the aid of their fallen comrade.
"Forget you!" shouted one of the other men. He was slightly larger then the rest of the, standing around 6 feet. He charged forward, moving around the rest of his crew. He quickly closed in on the ship and fired a single punch. The fist drove straight into the ship's hull placing a large hole into the wooden ship. "We didn't come here to destroy their teammates our goal is to destroy the ship! So, let's just destroy..." the man went to turn around, but fist held fast and didn't come outside of the ship's hole... "that's odd. My fist is stuck...it feels as if some kind of metal is..." the man stopped himself as he remembered the woman with the robotic arms was on the crew.
A single thought crossed the man's head as a robotic arm blasted another hole through the ship's wall. The metallic arm came soaring outwards and into the man's face. The force would've blown him backwards, but Maria's other arm remained wrapped heavily around his arm preventing him from being sent flying. Maria's face appeared through the hole, she was glaring outwards at them. Her eyes glinting at them through the darkness of the ship, "are you brats trying to destroy my ship? I do not like men who try to destroy my ship." Maria disappeared from the hole as she rushed up to the top of the ship.
"Ah...I feel sorry for you," said Hiro-Shu as he moved out of the way as Maria came hurtling forward launching an elbow strike straight forward and into the nose of one of the nearby pirates, knocking him backwards.
(-With Ridley-)
The aura was still strong. It reminded Ridley of his time spent with his father. The fear that that man had inspired in him all came rushing back as he remembered the shooting lessons along with several hours of martial arts practice. The little free time Ridley had was to be spent developing a skill of his own choice...Ridley had of course chosen music. It started off with something like the piano, which Ridley learned to play a couple of basic songs on, but then Ridley went into the guitar.
Ridley gripped his guitar tightly. The metallic structure that it had was originally his father's idea. It would basically be training him while not training him. It was all-in-all not too big a surprise that lead up to the big father-son blow-out they had experienced. Anyways, right now, he couldn't help but remember all those terrible memories. As he stood out on the ground and watched the sea. The feeling of a deadly force approaching you is a very basic notion. It was a basic sixth sense...like the feeling that someone is watching you...or when animals suddenly dart out of your way as soon as you take note of them. Ridley's sixth sense was just more developed due to its overuse.
Ridley was fused to his spot as he awaited for the ship arrive. He was feeling the same terrible sense of foreboding that he had ever since they were at the Marine Base. He was trying to figure out which one of the feelings was worse. Karasu had an overwhelming aura, that was almost suffocating, but this new one...Ridley couldn't help but relate it to a knife that was cutting into everything around him. The sharp cutting sensation was terrible, but Ridley knew as it currently stood he was the only one that even stood a chance of living.
Mikoto and Maria were way too headstrong. They would keep attacking him and trying to take him down regardless of how overwhelmingly strong they were...especially Mikoto. Zesiro was too injured as it currently stood...finally, Sage wasn't strong enough to even stand a chance against it. Ridley stretched his arm backwards as he thought about them.
That just left Enma and Hiro-Shu. Enma was like Maria and Mikoto, but less so...not too mention Ridley highly doubted he would be able to get in and get out safely. Following that up Hiro-Shu would be the next decent choice, but...he would probably be better off as back-up. Ridley grabbed his stomach as another surge of pain came forth. The poison from Karasu still reared its ugly head every so often, but it seemed to be calming down. Ridley was calming down as he watched the sea's wave.
He had to keep running his plan through his mind. Right now since the crew lacked a sniper, Ridley was the only long-distanced fighter they had and even then he wasn't that strong, but the rest of the crew needed to be up in their attacker face at all time...Ridley was lucky and could put a little more distance between him and the attacker, not to mention if worst comes to worst Ridley could just run out into the ocean...Mikoto, Sage, Enma, and Hiro-Shu would all basically die if they did that. If Ridley did that, he'd be saved from the possible Devil Fruit powers that the evil aura was emanating from.
"Hey, boyz, wazn't this man with that little annoying kid back in the bar?" asked someone from behind Ridley. Ridley turned around and saw a small group of men. They didn't look like they were in the best of shape, several of them having a black-eye or a tear in their clothes. They all also wore the same annoyed look on their faces, as if someone had just irritated them to no end.
"Sadly, that is true," replied Ridley as he looked back at them. He had temporarily panicked as he thought about the situation. After all, he hadn't originally counted on a group of pirates showing up. If he had to fight them and then go on and fight whoever is emanating the evil aura...he was going to be in trouble... "do you mind waiting for awhile?" asked Ridley as he looked back over the sea, "I'm waiting for someone."
One of the pirates jumped forward, his sword unsheathed as he waved it at him. "See, now that would be me being nice to you...okay? And you see the thing is I don't wanna be nice to you." The man bent down and uncoiled, launching himself off and at Ridley. Ridley brought his guitar up and blocked the slashing of the man's slash, barely deflecting it.
"Yeah, can't say I disagree with you," said Ridley as he brought his guitar upwards, knocking the man's sword backwards and out of his hands. "I'm not all too great at being nice to other people either. 50 Decibels!" Ridley slammed onto his guitar. A loud sound wave came crashing around, slamming into the ground. The enemy pirates were thrown to the ground, all of them grabbing and covering their ears, in a futile attempt to quiet the noise.
The pirates were all on the ground as Ridley began to amplify the noise to a higher volume. The noise began to grow louder forcing the pirates into a cowering position. Several of them tried to raise their guns and shout at Ridley, but their hands were shaking too fast that they couldn't get an accurate shot off at him.
"Hmmm...is this a private concert to celebrate my landing?" said a lady as she stepped off of the ship and onto the ground. Her short skirt swirled around her. On her back was a skinny blade. Chances are on first appearance most people would call her pretty, but on the second look people would see past it and notice her strong air of power and self-confidence. "I would've preferred a more classical tone for my arrival, but not everyone can have the same sense of class as I have."
"What can I say I forgot my orchestra on my ship?" stated Ridley as he looked at the girl. The aura he was feeling as he looked at her wasn't what he expected. The previous aura was huge and had a definite killing instinct, this one didn't feel the same. The people Ridley had to fight was just increasing over and over again.
"You! I know that face!" shouted one of the pirates, "you are 'The Siren' Melanie! You are one of the poor and worthless Government Dogs! Too bad you landed in a pack of pirates! There is no way you can take us all out! Men fire!" The entire group of pirates produced guns and all of them took aim at Melanie. They all open-fired upon him. The sounds of guns going off filled the shore as each and every single one of the pirates fired and reloaded as fast as they could, all desperately trying to take Melanie down.
Melanie unsheathed he sword in an instant bringing the sharp blade down upon the bullets, scattering them around in the air. Melanie smiled as the bullets clattered helpless onto the ground around her. She took a deep breath and let loose a melodic voice, "Stop!", she sung. The pirates fingers froze as a small blank, almost vacant look crossed their faces. "Drop your guns!" her voice continued to rise. The pirates immediately dropped their guns to the ground. Ridley couldn't put his finger on it, but something about her voice...he didn't notice it when she talked to him when she stepped off the ship, but now that she was singing...there was a definite difference. This was a much more of a commanding voice... "now leave!" sung Melanie as she finished her song. The rest of the pirates quickly left, without even a wave goodbye.
Melanie looked over at Ridley, who was just standing in one place, dumbfounded. She was looking at him as if she was expecting him to do something, but he didn't. He just stood there trying to figure out what exactly happened. His mind racing. His first thought immediately jumped back to Henry...he looked at her and he immediately thought of hypnosis...but something was still lacking from that equation...following that fact he was also in the presence of a Shichibukai...a Shichibukai, who may or may not have an intense killing intent.
Melanie cleared her throat, pulling Ridley out of his head and back into the real world. "Leave," she sung once more. Again, Ridley made no movement, even hinting that he was thinking about leaving. Melanie looked at him, almost as bewildered as Ridley was. She did not understand why her power wasn't working on this one guy. She was about to leave, after all, she was here hunting down a specific pirate group, when she noticed that Ridley was one of them. She couldn't believe that SHE had missed it! If the guitar and the noise he made was proof that he was one of the Infinity Pirates, his green mohawk should've gave him away. "Well, hello, there 'Noise Maker' Ridley," she stated as she pulled her katana off of her back and aimed it devilishly at Ridley.
Musical Battle!
A Catastrophic Cacophony of Chaos!
I'm beginning to think I spend more time writing the title names then I do the actual stories...odd, huh? Anyways, Mikoto is still causing trouble for the rest of the crew...except Hiro-Shu and Maria, oddly enough. You also got to see a quick glimpse of Hiro-Shu and Maria trying to fix the ship, while they wait for the cannon that Enma is supposed to bring...wonder what's taking him so long...I also want to apologize ahead of time, but I am starting college midterms next week (I got a couple of papers that I need to write, too)...so...uhm...this ain't easy to say, but...erhm...it may be awhile before I update...like a week...or two...or three...maybe even four...again I am sorry. I will try my best not to let it come to that! I PROMISE! But...college...what are you going to do?